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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On July 15

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Live Event

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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Nicholas Russell

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Arts And Culture

‘Mission: Impossible’ Must Finally Reckon With Tom Cruise’s Ego

: A COVID face mask dangles from the rear-view mirror of a car

As the omicron variant’s stunning infectiousness¬†sends case counts soaring, some glass-half-full experts opine it may push us more swiftly from pandemic to endemic

Life Lessons

Why I Keep Masking

Capturing A Sperm Whale

‘Moby-Dick’ Is Still Too Big For The Opera

On a gradient background going from tan-ish to pink-ish, the front cover of the book Trauma Plot by Jamie Hood. The book is black with a statue of a woman with wings in the center. It also identifies Hood as the author of How to Be A Good Girl.

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Interviews

“Rape Is Political”: Jamie Hood On Trauma Narratives, Writing The Self, And Ethical Obligation

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The Power Of Negative Thinking

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‘Nosferatu’ Keeps You Waiting And Waiting

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‘The Village’ Still Has Questions To Ask

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In ‘Here,’ Robert Zemeckis Is Back On His Computer-Generated Bullshit

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - NOVEMBER 5: A sign points voters where to go for voting at a voting precinct at the Two Towers Condominiums, in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 5, 2024.

Presidential election in Minneapolis

Politics

After Tuesday

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Defector At The Movies

‘Rap World’ Remembers The Truth About Suburban Malaise

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Drumroll, please: Norwell cymbal maker Zildjian enters the digital age

Tom-Tom C’est Moi

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Spring in Baden-Württemberg

Science

What Is The Human Composting Industry Trying To Grow?

Aaron Pierre's character in Rebel Ridge, surrounded by police

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‘Rebel Ridge’ Is As Sharp As Revenge Thrillers Get